pan out

British  

verb

1. informal (intr, adverb) to work out; turn out; result

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pan out Idioms  

1. Turn out well, succeed, as in If I don't pan out as a musician, I can always go back to school. This expression alludes to washing gold from gravel in a pan. [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

Shopping around for a good price usually only pans out in the first instance.

From MarketWatch

When that didn’t pan out, he pitched what would eventually become “Survivor,” developing it with Buena Vista in hopes of selling it to ABC.

From Los Angeles Times

Unless peace talks pan out fast, traders say high prices for specific Mideast crude cargoes will soon cascade to the U.S. and elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal

Running data can be useful in painting a clearer picture of how a match has panned out but in isolation it is unlikely to reliably predict how often a team wins.

From BBC

He added that he’s concerned about “how this pans out over the next few months,” particularly if the Fed hikes rates and “we end up in a recession.”

From MarketWatch

Related Words

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